249 Pa. Super. 107 - Commonwealth v. Metzger’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently June 1991 · most notably 254 Pa. Super. 54 - Commonwealth v. Napper (1978), 303 Pa. Super. 284 - Commonwealth v. Walls (1982)
41 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Shelton · Commonwealth v. Mayfield · Commonwealth v. Hamilton · Commonwealth v. O'Shea · Commonwealth v. Ray
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“At any time prior to the expiration of the period for commencement of trial, the attorney for the Commonwealth may apply to the court for an order extending the time for commencement of trial. A copy of such application shall be served upon the defendant through his attorney, if any, and the defendant shall also have the right to be heard thereon. Such application shall be granted only if trial cannot be commenced within the prescribed period despite due diligence by the Commonwealth. Any order granting such application shall specify the date or period within which trial shall be commenced.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘[t]he risk is obvious: if the court denied the extension after the period has run, the Commonwealth is prevented from bringing the accused to trial. If the petition is denied promptly, the Commonwealth may nonetheless be able to try the accused within the period. Because we conclude that the extension was properly granted and because the court’s inaction engendered no additional delay, ..., we do not need to address the issue further.’ ” Commonwealth v. Metzger, 249 Pa.Super. 107, 110, n.2 , 375 A.2d 781 , 783 n.2 (1977) (quoting Commonwealth v. Mancuso, 247 Pa.Super. 245 , 250 n.3, 372 A.2d 444 , 446 n.3 (1977)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.